Chet's POV
It took me another full week to build up the courage to text Rylan and Kyler. We're at seventy days now.
Seventy full days of radio silence. I haven't heard either of their voices in seventy days. My heart thumped unsteadily in my chest when I texted them. I reworded it ten different times and ultimately went with hey.
Not in the group chat, but individually. Rylan first, and then Kyler.
I almost wanted to give my phone back to Mom. I wanted her to take it away and not give it back to me for weeks. Not because I wasn't okay, I felt more okay than I have in months, but because it felt like I was texting my crush for the first time.
In a way, I was. This was the first time I texted them and felt okay. My heart beat wildly and my stomach turned as I tried to focus on my show,
